plural villainies
1
: villainous conduct
also
: a villainous act
2
: the quality or state of being villainous : depravity
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Examples of villainy in a Sentence
a story of villainy and betrayal
the gruesome villainies of war
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Fring’s illicit power and reign of terror established a spectrum of villainy to measure against Walter White and Saul Goodman’s moral ambiguity.
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Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
Spears’s olive branch felt generous — an opportunity for Timberlake to begin the promotion of his comeback album without the aura of villainy.
—Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
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Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
Spears’s olive branch felt generous — an opportunity for Timberlake to begin the promotion of his comeback album without the aura of villainy.
—Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
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“Villainy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/villainy. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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villainy
noun
vil·lainy
ˈvil-ə-nē 
plural villainies
: conduct or actions of or typical of a villain
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